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Christian Complacency Caused the Current Crisis

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One of the clearest signs that liberals have lost their minds is their propaganda talking point that “Christian nationalists” and “theocratic fascists” are preparing to take over America. While it’s true that a rather benign version of Christian nationalism is gaining steam in some parts of the country – which I applaud and think isn’t going far enough or fast enough – the fearmongering is nevertheless delusional and void of hard evidence. The real truth is what Tim Pool recently said when addressing this very allegation. He correctly observed:

“I’m sorry, conservatives, Christians, y’all are pushovers. That’s just the reality . . . Christians are so tolerant, they let evil people into their institutions. Oh, I’m so afraid. Now, we’re desperately trying to push the evil out. And, I got to tell you, it’s only after . . . the far left goes insane that moderate left-leaning individuals joining the ranks of the right resulted in some active pushback. Oh, by all means, you had some Christian conservatives pushing back, being angry about it, but not being particularly effective. And now that post-liberals – people who . . . used to be in these protests – are joining the right because the left is nuts, now the right is gaining ground. What I mean to say is, Christians are too good of people. I mean it. I mean it. The Christian sees the wayward soul who says, ‘Please, please, I just need help,’ and what does the Christian do? They promote this lie that Christians are angry and bigoted and mean. No! The Christians opened up their doors to these people, tolerated them, they say, ‘Let’s be nice to them. Yes, please, we don’t want to fight. We want to be good neighbors.’ And they allowed degeneracy into their ranks, infecting their institutions. And this country that was once predominately Christian is now, Christianity is on the decline. In some ways it is coming back, don’t get me wrong. My point is these are not wartime Christians. They are peace-loving, good-neighbor Christians who try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. And look what this has resulted in. With all of that being said, the far left is acting like these Christians who are trying to be good neighbors much to their detriment are the fascists. Now, I know, many Christians may take offense to this, but guys, I’m sorry, it’s true! Christians saw these bad people move in and thought, ‘We’ll just be nice, and maybe we can save them. I will knock on their door and ask them if they understand.’ And what do you get? Jack Posobiec goes out, Antifa gets in his face and screams at him. He’s not even saying anything to anybody. He goes to D.C. and the far left is tearing down statues and firebombing things. And the Christians for too long tolerated this. Now they’re starting to realize what’s going on.”

Pool is right. Christian complacency caused the current crisis. We have been so “tolerant” that we have allowed evil to overrun our country. We were silent for so long that we became complicit in the wickedness. We stared into the abyss for so many years that the abyss finally stared into us, and too many of us have joined with it.

Undeniably, America was founded as a Christian nation. Our colonial laws were based openly and heavily upon the Bible and God’s law. The Mayflower Compact’s statement of faith and John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” speech set the tone for colonial life. The First Great Awakening nurtured the men who later led the American Revolution. Pastors and clergymen were the biggest voices for revolt, such as Rev. Jonas Clark at Lexington, justifying armed rebellion by appealing to God’s law and Protestant tradition such as the doctrine of lesser magistrates. Throughout the Revolution, our leaders called for days of fasting and prayer and petitioned God for assistance. One famous flag even bore the motto, “An Appeal to Heaven.”

Furthermore, formal U.S. law acknowledges God. The Declaration of Independence a references God four times, declaring that our rights come from Him, and appealing to Him for divine support. The so-called “secular” Constitution refers to the “year of our Lord” and precluded the transaction of business on Sunday, the Christian Sabbath. State constitutions – the Constitution of Massachusetts being perhaps the most poignant example – and subsequent laws for generations continued to reference the Bible and divine law. Blasphemy was tried by the Supreme Court. Homosexuality was punishable by everything from castration, to asset forfeiture, to even death in four states. Every public event invoked God. President George Washington routinely spoke of religion and morality, stating in his Farewell Address:

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked: Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”

The evidence for the Christian foundation of America, U.S. law, and our cultural long-established cultural institutions goes on and on and on.

For anyone denying the distinct Christian nature of America’s founding and history, please acquaint yourself with the facts. You don’t have to like the reality, but you must acknowledge it if you are honest. You can begin acquainting yourself with true American history by reading William Federer’s books The Ten Commandments & their Influence on American Law and The Original 13, David Barton’s Original Intent, Thomas Kidd’s God of Liberty, Mark David Hall’s Did America Have a Christian Founding?, Rod Gragg’s By the Hand of Providence, Timothy Ballard’s American Covenant, W. Cleon Skousen The Majesty of God’s Law, and Daniel Stackhouse, Jr.’s Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God: The Role of Christianity in the American Revolution. If additional texts are desired, please write to me.

All of this history which should be a source of pride is a source of condemnation to the present and past generations of American Christians. From our noble and blessed beginnings, we have sunk into the morass of immorality, tolerated the institutionalization of perversion, presided over the degradation of our youth through the broken public school system, accepted unconstitutional and oppressive laws which violate our rights, sanctioned the destruction of the Republic with our misguided and cowardly votes, and winked at tyranny.

Again, I say, that Tim Pool is correct that Christian complacency caused the current crisis. It is not a badge of honor to be so “peace-loving” that you tolerate evil and the destruction of your Faith, Family, and Freedom. That is cowardice and wicked. God hates tyranny, evil, and spews out of His mouth those too timid to fight for what’s right.

Among those who “shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone” are “the fearful”; that is to say, the cowards (Revelation 21:8). We must take a stand either for good or evil; neutrality is sinful. “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth” (Revelation 3:15-16). It is simply unChristian to sit on the sidelines, to permit evil, to tolerate wickedness, to refuse to fight for the right, or to remain silent in the face of Satanic oppression.

Christians, sadly, are the biggest reason why America is failing. They may think that the perverse and deluded are the ones who are destroying America, and they are correct. But who is more perverse and deluded than the Christian majority which denies their own faith and our country’s Chrisitan founding, accepts immorality, declines to Lord’s will for them to come out of Babylon, proclaims “peace” when the war has already begun, and refuses to right for their rights when war to the death is already being waged against them and their families?

I respect sincere liberals who, as deluded as they are and as dangerous as their philosophy is, believe they are doing what’s right and are living according to their beliefs more than I respect my fellow Christians who compromise their high standards, tolerate corruption, and don’t follow their religion. Christians who actually use their religion to justify attacks on our nation, our national morality, and our inspired Constitution, are the biggest traitors of them all. The simple truth is that tyranny would be impossible in America if the Christian majority did not sanction it with their compliance and soul-destroying submission.

The outspoken anti-communist and Christian leader Ezra Taft Benson once lamented Christian complacency and the erosion of morality in his devotional talk to Christians aptly titled “Americans are Destroying America.” Listen to his words; take them to heart. He proclaimed:

“If American freedom is lost, if America is destroyed, if our blood-bought freedom is surrendered, it will be because of Americans. What’s more, it will probably not be only the work of subversive and criminal Americans. The Benedict Arnolds will not be the only ones to forfeit our freedom. . . .

“If America is destroyed, it may be by Americans who salute the flag, sing the national anthem, march in patriotic parades, cheer Fourth of July speakers–normally good Americans, but Americans who fail to comprehend what is required to keep our country strong and free – Americans who have been lulled away into a false security.

“Great nations are never conquered from outside unless they are rotten inside. Our greatest national problem today is erosion, not the erosion of the soil, but erosion of the national morality – erosion of traditional enforcement of law and order.

“Theodore Roosevelt said:

““The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.” (Quoted in The Red Carpet, [by Benson] p. 315.)

“In this blessed land we have exalted security, comfort, and ease above freedom. If we dwelled at length on the many things that are disturbing in the life of America today, we might well become discouraged. I mention only a few of the reported startling evidences of our national illness, our moral erosion.

“There is a decline of U.S. morals and moral fiber, a turning to pleasure and away from hard work and high standards of the past. . . .

“Those of us conscious of the seriousness of the situation must act, and act now. It has been said that it takes something spectacular to get folks excited, like a burning house. Nobody notices one that is simply decaying. But in America today we not only have decaying but burning before our very eyes. . . .

“Our priceless heritage is threatened today as never before in our lifetime: from without by the forces of Godless Communism, and at home by our complacency and by the insidious forces of the Socialist-Communist conspiracy, with the help of those who would abandon the ancient landmarks set by our fathers and take us down the road to destruction. . . .

“As American citizens who love freedom, we must return to a respect for national morality – respect for law and order. There is no other way of safety for us and our posterity. The hour is late; the time is short. We must begin now, in earnest, and invite God’s blessings on our efforts.

“The United States should be a bastion of real freedom. We should not support the world’s greatest evil, the Godless, Socialist-Communist conspiracy that seeks to destroy all we hold dear as a great Christian nation and to promote insidiously the breakdown of law and order and the erosion of our morality.

“With God’s help we must return to those basic concepts, those eternal verities, the rule of law and order upon which this nation was established. With an aroused citizenry and the help of Almighty God it can be accomplished. God grant it may be so, I humbly pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.”

Again, I say, that our complacency has been our downfall. Our declining morals have brought about the evils that best us today. Our tacit support of communism and other despotic dogmas has allowed the fox into the henhouse. Our sincere repentance and fervent effort to eradicate evil from our midst, with God’s help, can bring us the victory. However, I believe the hour is so late, and we have permitted out chains to grow so heavy, that we will not extricate ourselves – even with God’s help – from our bondage without bloodshed.

This is the point that Tim Pool, Alex Jones, Glenn Beck, and most other conservative commentators fail to understand. They cry “peace!” when in fact the war has already begun. They urge restraint and calm while the water pours into our rapidly sinking ship. Yes, they encourage action and vitality, but they promote half-measures that won’t free us. In the runup to the American Revolution, the more radical – and, as history would prove, correct – faction of American patriots pushed Independence, which would have guaranteed war. Among these who pushed for Independence and armed resistance were Samuel Adams, James Otis, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, the Sons of Liberty, and a host of pastors and local leaders whose names most Americans would not recognize. The faction crying “peace!” prevailed, however, and one petition after another after another was sent to Parliament for a redress of grievances, only to be ignored or rejected each time.

It was as if when Little Red Riding Hood climbed into bed with the wolf knowing full well it wasn’t her grandmother that she later complained about being eaten! It was as if the ancient story of the scorpion and the frog wasn’t known! Likewise, today, it is as if Donald Trump has not been reading “The Snake” to audiences for years and years. If you have not yet heard it, listen to him read it here. The final line, when the woman is bitten by the snake, contains the moral: “You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.”

A lesson from our history should be burned into our brains; namely, that olive branch petitions don’t work. Pleading with tyrants – men so evil they will trample our God-given rights – is futile. Yes, we should continue to vote and engage in activism; but what good is a vote, ultimately, when elections are stolen, vote tallies are manipulated, and corrupt courts refuse to look at the mountain of evidence proving fraud? Something more is needed.

We all know what that “something more is,” but few have the integrity to proclaim it. That “something more” is revolution. What does “revolution” mean? It does not mean rushing into the streets and gunning people down. It does not mean grabbing your buddies and shooting it out with local police. It does not mean, at this stage, carrying out guerrilla warfare. However, history is again illustrative.

When threatened with tyranny by their government, the Founding Fathers met together, started Committees of Correspondence, developed a network to communicate and relay messages, held meetings and rallies, formed and trained with local militias, called the Continental Congress, sent petitions, chose leaders, created a de facto government, formed and fielded the Continental Army, and, finally, long after the fighting started, declared Independence.

This must happen now. We need our own national Committees of Correspondence. We need to call a new Continental Congress. We need to form militias and train them. We need to appoint leaders and generals. We need our own Continental Army structure. And we need a formal declaration or series of educational written documents to galvanize the public. All of this sounds extreme to people, but if we don’t do it now, it won’t happen later. Among preparedness enthusiasts, there is a saying that preparing ten years too early is better than one day too late. That is because after a crisis it won’t be possible to prepare and organize properly.

When the next American civil war or revolution begins – and it will happen as surely as the sun will rise tomorrow – it will be too chaotic to start finding the best and brightest, to begin deliberating, to begin devising strategies for restoring the Republic, to be able to present a stable alternative to the People (i.e. the U.S. Constitution in its pure and original form), to field an acceptable military with a working structure, and to present a unified front and standard to which Americans can rally. That must happen now, today, immediately. It is vain to think we can fight back with arms, when the time comes, which it will, if we have not properly and thoroughly formed our resistance movement like our Founding Fathers did in the two years leading to Independence.

Lexington and Concord 2.0 may occur at any time, but how will patriots respond? Do we have a unified structure? Do we have leaders who will galvanize anger and outrage and point it in the right direction? The closest thing we have on a national scale is Donald Trump and the treasonous Republican Party. And Trump is on the verge of potentially spending a year in an orange jumpsuit. We need a legitimate structure, not a cult of personality. We need a network, not a private political party. We need our own Continental Congress, call it whatever we will. We need our own Committees of Correspondence with full-time patriots manning their posts.

Lexington and Concord would not have happened in 1775 had it not been for the network of spies and correspondents who gathered intel on the British soldiers and rode through the night to inform our patriot leaders of the advancing enemy, and had it not been for Rev. Jonas Clark and Captain Parker of Lexington who called out their militia as they had drilled to do previously. The preparations for the Shot Heard ‘Round the World were made in advance. It would have been laughably too late to begin preparing on the eve of April 19, 1775. Where are our preparations today? We are fools to think we don’t need them.

Christians and conservatives are generally reticent to make the necessary “extreme” preparations because they don’t believe it can happen here. They don’t want to think that we are so far enslaved or that America is on the verge of collapse. They believe in the ballot box. They think Donald Trump will save them. He won’t. No election can save us. The sham conviction of Donald Trump should convince every patriot that our system is rigged, that justice is sporadic at best, that the courts and the government and our intelligence agencies can’t be trusted, and that our government today is the same enemy – only far worse and more dangerous – that our forefathers fought in 1776.

In March of 1775, however, most Americans were also complacent and did not want to believe their government was evil. They did not want to take up arms or gather together for their own protection. They did far more than we are doing to redress their grievances and unite as communities, yet the prominent voices, like today, called for “peace” and wanted to trust the political process despite how ineffective and, yes, rigged it was. When Patrick Henry rose in Virginia on March 23, 1775 and demanded Liberty or death, many thought he was insane, a radical, a volatile extremist who should shut up with his violent rhetoric. Yet, history proved him correct. Here is the conclusion of his momentous address, with the substitution of the name New York for Boston, and the words “federal agent” for “British guard.” Apply his words to our present situation:

“In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free– if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending–if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained–we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!

“They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a [federal agent] shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of [New York]! The war is inevitable–and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.

“It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace– but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

Can you feel the power and truth of his words? They resonate in my soul. In my heart, I know that it is vain to indulge the delusional hope of peace. Our chains are already forged! The tyrants are beating their war drums. They are assaulting us on all fronts, shutting off the economy, stripping us of natural resources, murdering millions with poisoned vaccine bio-weapons, rigging elections, jailing opposition leaders for their thoughts and dissent, criminalizing free speech as “hate speech,” classifying patriots as “domestic terrorists,” corrupting our children in government schools, opening the border to millions of illegal invaders, confiscating property, bleeding us dry through taxes, debt, and inflation, and threatening to pack the Supreme Court, do away with the Electoral College, and eventually overthrow the entire Constitution. If we fail to fight now when the tyranny is so blatant and the stakes are so high – or if we fail to at least organize and prepare with haste for the fight – our fate will be submission and slavery.

There is no alternative; our option is victory or death. President Calvin Coolidge put it this way:

“The issues of the world must be met and met squarely. The forces of evil do not disdain preparation, they are always prepared and always preparing . . . The welfare of America, the cause of civilization will forever require the contribution of some part of the life of all our citizens to the natural, the necessary, and the inevitable demand for the defense of the right and the truth. There is no substitute for a militant freedom. The only alternative is submission and slavery” (Calvin Coolidge, The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses, 159).

We are fools to not prepare to fight. We will damn ourselves both temporally and spiritually if we are found to be cowards who won’t lift a finger to stop the bleeding. We must fight! It’s time to fight for our Faith, Families, and Freedom! Only a militant Freedom can conquer a militant tyranny. Yes, this path will require blood, for the tree of Liberty always requires the blood of patriots and tyrants, but the alternative is the most bitter slavery and the loss of not only our beloved nation, but our honor.

I implore you, fellow citizens of the greatest nation on earth, to rise and become engaged. Read the Constitution. Educate yourself on the principles of sound government and of Liberty. Read American history – true history. Get close to God and trust Him, knowing that He only helps those who bless themselves and that He loves sincere effort and despise lukewarm complacency. Reject complacency and apathy. Reject Babylon. Reject tyranny. Be the true Americans I know you can be – Americans who are bold, fearless, upright, fierce in defense of natural rights, and subservient to no one but Almighty God.

Zack Strong,
June 4, 2024

Victory or Death – Crossing Our Delaware in 2021

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On Christmas night, 1776, General George Washington led an audacious military assault on Hessian mercenaries fighting for the despotic British monarchy. The assault required General Washington’s ragtag band of underfed, badly clothed, and poorly trained soldiers to cross the frozen Delaware River in the dead of night, march nineteen miles in a blizzard, and attack professional, well-supplied Hessian soldiers. The plan was improbable at best and General Washington knew it was a do-or-die situation not only for his men, but for the American Revolution. As he set out to attack the enemy in Trenton that Christmas Day in 1776, the General issued a countersign, a challenge, and a command to his men: “Victory or Death.”

“Victory or Death” was no exaggeration. It was a dire situation for Washington and the fledgling American nation. In his phenomenal book The Making of America, W. Cleon Skousen described the condition of the Continental Army as Christmas 1776 approached:

“With December drawing to a close, Washington found that he had not only been deserted by Congress, but 6,000 of his soldiers were anxious to leave for home in two weeks when their enlistments ran out. Meanwhile, General Howe, who had chased Washington across New Jersey, had so little regard for what was left of the ragtag American army that he retired to New York to enjoy his new honor of being knighted for capturing New York. He left Lord Cornwallis at Princeton and assigned approximately 1,200 Hessians to guard Trenton. Howe felt any new action could wait until spring.

“But Washington could not wait for even two weeks. His troops were not only demoralized, hungry, and ill-equipped, but most of them would soon be leaving.

“On December 23 Washington formed his bedraggled Americans into ranks and had them listen to a stirring message written by Thomas Paine. It included the famous words which have been recited by Americans from that day to this:

““These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman”” (W. Cleon Skousen, The Making of America: The Substance and Meaning of the Constitution, 79).

Paine’s patriotic message roused Washington’s beleaguered troops to a degree and the General staked the Revolution on a daring attack on the invading enemy which sat encamped across the river in Trenton. On the same day, December 23, General Washington wrote to Colonel Joseph Reed of his battle plan:

“Christmas day at Night, one hour before day is the time fixed upon for our Attempt on Trenton. For heaven’s sake keep this to yourself, as the discovery of it may prove fatal to us, our numbers, sorry I am to say, being less than I had any conception of—but necessity, dire necessity will—nay must justify any [attack]” (George Washington to Joseph Reed, December 23, 1776).

“Dire necessity” and sheer desperation compelled Washington to strike. With Thomas Paine’s words in his mind, the General issued his “Victory or Death” password to his men. Dr. Benjamin Rush, one of the Founding Fathers, visited the General on Christmas Eve. He described what happened during their conversation:

“[General Washington] appeared much depressed, and lamented the ragged and dissolving state of his army in affecting terms. I gave him assurance of the disposition of Congress to support him, and while I was talking to him, I observed him to play with his pen and ink upon several small pieces of paper. One fell upon the floor near my feet. I was struck with the inscription upon it; it was ‘Victory or Death’. The next day I had reason to believe, that in my interview with Washington that he had been meditating his attack on the Hessians for I found that the countersign of his troops at Trenton was Victory or Death.”

To prepare for his triumph or demise, General Washington devised a three-pronged attack on Trenton. His force of 2,400 men was to attack Trenton directly, supported by two additional groups totaling 2,600 soldiers. The General, ever a master of deception and strategy, had hidden boats painted black along the river which would be used for the crossing. So, as Christmas Day came to a close, the patriot army moved out with “Victory or Death” weighing heavily on their minds.

Setting off at 11 P.M., the men struggled to row their boats across the frozen river as the wind howled and sleet hit. An article describes the feat as follows:

“Henry Knox, Washington’s chief of artillery, had organized the crossing, which would be imperiled by floating ice. Men who got wet faced grave risks of frostbite and freezing to death. Because of the ice and bad weather, the crossing, which was to be complete at midnight, was not finished until early the next morning.”

Because of the severe winter weather, only General Washington’s assault force managed to cross the Delaware that night, upending the three-pronged attack plan. Once across the river, Washington’s freezing men began a long march through snow toward Trenton. An officer close to General Washington during these events, James Wikinson, made a famous remark about the sacrifices made by the troops that decisive night:

“I received the necessary directions, and proceeded in quest of the troops, whose route was easily traced, as there was a little snow on the ground, which was tinged here and there with blood from the feet of the men who wore broken shoes” (James Wikinson, Memoirs of My Own Times, Vol. 1, 127).

Tired, wet, cold, and bleeding, Washington’s ill-prepared men arrived on the outskirts of Trenton around 8 A.M. They immediately attacked the surprised Hessians with cannon and bayonets, pushing them back into, and then out of, the town. Washington’s warriors killed 22 Hessian mercenaries, wounded 92 more, and captured 918. Four hundred escaped and fled to their British employers. On our side, only two men lost their lives due to the frozen weather. Not one soul died in the battle. It was a total, sweeping victory for forces of the Revolution!

The Battle of Trenton, and the precarious river crossing that made it possible, lit a fire that fueled the dwindling Revolution. It breathed fresh air into the patriots’ lungs. It gave them confidence that yes, victory was indeed an option. And, for many, it fossilized confidence in General Washington’s capacity to snatch victory from the jaws of looming defeat. In short, Washington’s Crossing saved the War for Independence.

The Constitution Daily has written:

“An inspired Washington and his troops, who adopted the motto “Victory or Death,” crossed the Delaware River during a Nor’easter on Christmas Day and routed the Hessian garrison at Trenton.

“The much-needed victory galvanized the Revolutionary forces and the Continental Congress. Troops decided to re-enlist as Washington’s forces won a second battle at Trenton and a key engagement at Princeton.”

Though we could devote many pages to discussing the Battles of Trenton and Princeton, the two additional Delaware crossings that took place during the famous campaign, and the many ins and outs of the whole affair, the preceding information is sufficient to impress the reader with the great importance of Washington’s victory. The General’s resolute determination to win or fall, to claim victory or suffer death at Trenton, is an enduring part of the American story.

Against all odds, the American “rebels,” as their enemies called them, routed the invading British and their homegrown Tory supporters and planted the standard of Liberty on this continent. They established a Constitution which is unrivaled still today and which, when properly followed, secures our God-given rights unlike any form of government known to man. The blood that flowed in these good patriots’ veins flows in ours. The same spirit which animated them and urged them to fight for their Faith, Families, and Freedom is the same which inspires all patriots today to stand against the combined forces of tyranny.

As 2020 draws to a close, every sincere soul knows that our national situation is becoming dire. Those of us who love Freedom, God, and the Republic, have figuratively been pushed across the Delaware and the enemy is encamped on the other side preparing for their final assault. Many in our ranks are demoralized and frustrated. The deck seems stacked against us. Our supply lines have grown thin. We face a better-organized, better-trained, better-positioned internal enemy aided by mercenaries from foreign nations. The storm is howling, the ice is blocking our path, and many of our allies have fallen by the wayside and are either unwilling or unable to help us. Yet, notwithstanding the hardship and the odds, we are led in the front by the spirit of General Washington and his timeless motto: Victory or Death.

This is our time, fellow patriots. 2021 is our time to do the unexpected and cross our own Delaware. It might seem improbable, insane, or potentially fatal to face down the Establishment and fight such an entrenched enemy, but what other option do we have? We can surrender and sink into boot-licking serfdom or we can fight. We can slavishly submit to four years of an illegitimate presidency packed with the worst degenerates ever to enter American politics or we can resist. We can watch as usurpers take a chainsaw to our remaining Liberties or we can do what the men of 1776 did and say “Victory or Death.”

In his famous 1775 speech, Patrick Henry told his fellow countrymen who waffled and wondered whether it was prudent to fight against government tyranny that the war has already begun! The war, he noted, was not theoretical, but existed in actual fact, even if it did not yet exist in name. He asserted:

“Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace– but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

America is at war. We are besieged by traitors within and enemies without. The homegrown traitors and the foreign enemies share a common goal – the destruction of American Freedom and the incorporation of our nation into a global dictatorship controlled by a sadistic socialistic Elite. This is the harsh reality. Ignoring it won’t make it go away and won’t lessen the severity of the struggle or save you from becoming a casualty.

This enemy has, over the course of many decades, infiltrated our government, press, and society, usurping tremendous power. On November 3, the cabal showed its power by blatantly stealing the election from President Donald Trump and handing it to a corrupt Chinese puppet, Joe Biden, and his gaggle of gangsters, Marxists, and thugs. The international conspiracy used its corrupt machinery of state to silence the voices of 75 million Americans who selected Donald Trump as their president. Instead, the conspiracy dictates that we shall march obediently into high-tech slavery patterned off of Soviet Russia and Red China.

Here’s the catch: Real Americans don’t obey tyrants; we shoot them. We cross frozen rivers, march in freezing rain, and attack on the holidays if need be. We use deception, guerrilla warfare, and don’t play fair. When our families are threatened with slavery; when our Freedom is hunted without mercy; and when our nation faces conquest by a murderous communist leviathan with an unrivaled track record of bloodshed and treachery, there’s nothing we wouldn’t do to stop it.

Will we, as Americans, rally to stop the steal taking place so brazenly before our eyes? We’ve allowed so much of our Freedom and prosperity to be bartered away already. Are we willing to allow the rest to be stolen from us and, with it, any hope of ever reforming our country without bloody civil war? Now is our time. January 2021 is our do-or-die moment. It is now that we will decide whether we will reap victory or death. If we do not act like real men and face the freezing storms, bitter marches, and professional mercenaries, our Republic will be taken from us once and for all and only blood will win it back.

The same James Wilkinson quoted above made another comment worth remembering as we contemplate doing what needs to be done in 2021 to save our Republic. He wrote:

“Born with iron nerves, and an unbending dignity of port, which distinguished all his actions, and struck the most presumptuous with awe, General Washington amidst those those scenes which “tried men’s souls,” serene, tranquil, and self-possessed, excited the admiration of his followers, and exhibited the heroic example of a chief determined to brave danger and dare death in support of a just cause, and the defence of the most precious rights and interests of mankind; whilst the invincible firmness of Congress . . . exhibited to the world the rare example of a popular assembly, united in principle, inflexible in purpose, and regardless of consequences. Not to one man then, but to such a Congress and such a chief, supported by the handful of brave men who adhered to the cause of their country, are these United States indebted for the cheap purchase of their liberty; and I shall be acquitted of vanity when I acknowledge the sweet solace I derive from the consciousness, that I was one of the little band who faced the storm, when the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot hid their heads” (James Wilkinson, Memoirs of My Own Times, Vol. 1, 122).

Are you prepared to follow in the blood-stained footsteps of “the handful of brave men who adhered to the cause of their country” and fought the American Revolution so that we might be free? Are we prepared to “face the storm” even when the sunshine patriots and summer soldiers turn away, hide their faces, and cower in their homes? Are we prepared, truly and honestly, to brave the dark winter that we’ve been thrust into by our enemies and fight them by every means until either victory is ours or death carries us to our Maker?

General Washington may not be with us in the flesh, but his dauntless spirit rides before us. The standard of Liberty erected by faithful men in 1776 remains despite all attempts to topple it. The Constitution, written by inspired and wise men, still safeguards our rights whenever we hearken to its counsel. I pray that we may cross our own Delaware this coming January and show such as spirit of resistance that we stop the theft of the presidency by our eternal communist foes. If we do not rectify this situation and restore the ballot box, only the bullet box remains to secure our God-given Freedom. One way or the other, we will have victory or we will have death. There is no alternative.

Zack Strong,

December 26, 2020